Keeping track of all the individuals and organizations duking it out on the front lines of the state’s medical-marijuana debate is trickier than picking through the med strains at your corner dispensary. To help weed through the chaos, we’ve created this guide to the state’s top marijuana power players, complete…
Pat Bowlen opened up his wallet in recent days, signing three strong defensive linemen: Jarvis Green (formerly with — surprise! — New England), Jamal Williams (an ex-Charger) and Justin Bannan (a Baltimore Raven). And while these players are closer to the end of their career than the beginning, all of…
In yesterday’s blog about Governor Bill Ritter’s displeasure at Amazon over the company’s decision to sever relationships with its Colorado associates over a new tax measure, we noted that Amazon hadn’t responded to requests for comment. Several hours after the piece’s publication, Amazon spokeswoman Mary Osako belatedly reached out –…
Monday, we updated you on the story of Spork, a ten-year dachshund that received a vicious-dog citation after biting a veterinary technician — an injury that may have involved Spork eating the woman’s lips according to a Lafayette City Councilman. Attorneys from the Animal Law Center, representing Spork’s owners, Tim…
Yesterday, we shared the story of Trevor Douglas, 25, who had decided to defend himself against a marijuana-possession charge by citing his membership in the THC Ministry, which sees ganja as a religious sacrament. Nice try, but it didn’t fly. Clear Creek County Rachel J. Olguin-Fresquez ruled against Douglas in…
Westword is covering the trial of Willie Clark, accused of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams early on New Year’s Day 2007. The most recent updates for the day will be at the top; to check out the account chronologically at day’s end, read from the bottom up. Click here…
Since its first issue, slapped together in a prison cell two decades ago, Prison Legal News has run hundreds of articles on abuse and corruption in local jails and state and federal prisons, shining a light where few of the ladies and gents of the mainstream press care (or dare)…
The North Metro Task Force has been busy with marijuana busts in Adams County of late. There were two significant arrests in Broomfield during late February, with suspects in both cases claiming the weed was being grown for medical purposes. And the same assertion was made following two more marijuana-related…
Back in February, Local TV LLC, the company that owns Channel 31 and The Deuce, announced that controversial general manager Dennis Leonard would be moving on — voluntarily, everyone swore, although neither Leonard nor Local TV exec Pam Taylor returned numerous requests for comment. (Taylor wasn’t available to chat this…
What a perfect day to read some blogs about Denver. Blackshirt4Broncos, writing at Mile High Report, shares a News Tribune column by Dave Boling, who suggests that Brandon Marshall is “troubled” and “not worth the gamble.” Or, presumably, the number six pick in the draft. Colorado Pols sings a verse…
Nuggets fans may not have loved everything Allen Iverson brought to the team — but it’s still hard to watch his slow-motion disintegration from afar without feeling melancholy about a player who defied expectations by being a perfect gentleman during his stay in Denver. Iverson had already taken a leave…
Shortly after most politicos take office, they begin marking their territory via photos, publications, web pages and lots of other aggrandizers. And Colorado Springs Senator Bill Cadman wants it to stop. Cadman is reportedly sick at the thought of the state chucking tons of brochures featuring Governor Bill Ritter, who’s…
Yesterday morning, I wrote about how important Kenyon Martin’s knee is to the Nuggets championship hopes. Then, a few hours later, the Denver Post reported what’s been characterized as good news in most quarters: Martin won’t need surgery, but he’ll be sitting out for a while — possibly until the…
#10 of the 22 Major Arcana: Andrew Romanoff, the Hermit…
At 2 p.m. today, Trevor Douglas, 25, will step into a Clear Creek County courthouse and defend himself against possession accusations involving marijuana and paraphernalia when he was pulled over for expired vehicle registration last August. His assertion? He’s a member of both the Church of Universal Sacraments and The…
Plenty of arrests are routine — but not the one that landed 23-year-old Richard Foster in a Boulder jail. Boulder Police Department spokeswoman Sarah Huntley describes the twisted series of events that took place on the 1000 block of Canyon Boulevard, between the Boulder Public Library and the city’s main…
One of last November’s most shocking stories involved Denver Police Department reports about a series of racially motivated attacks in LoDo, with the perpetrators allegedly choosing victims at random based on their Caucasian or Hispanic ethnicity. The DPD made over thirty arrests; see photos of the men and women busted…
Governor Bill Ritter may still be mending from his recent bicycle spill, but he’s clearly in fighting trim judging by his feisty response to news that Amazon has closed the accounts of its associates in Colorado in retaliation for a newly enacted tax measure that impacts online retailers based out…
Westword is covering the trial of Willie Clark, accused of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams early on New Year’s Day 2007. The most recent updates for the day will be at the top; to check out the account chronologically at day’s end, read from the bottom up. Click here…
All things considered, Ashton Daigle can consider himself a very lucky man. On March 5, the former surgery nurse was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for “tampering with a consumer product” — a nice way of saying that he stole the painkiller fentanyl from Boulder Community Hospital and…
On Friday, even as the Darrent Williams murder trial was offering Denverites the sort of ugly, unburnished portrait of gang life the Reverend Leon Kelly sees everyday, The History Channel aired an episode of its Gangland series entitled “Mile High Killers.” And Francisco Gallardo, program director for Gang Rescue and…
Early Saturday morning, Lindsey Howland, 24, was walking near Evans Avenue and Josephine Street when she was struck by a car. She wound up in critical condition, but she’s reportedly improving at this hour. Presumably not doing as well is Robert Jesse Gallegos, 22, who’s been held for investigation of…
